Raptor, I think the going in premise of your argument is worth taking another look at. From my read of what you are saying, if the company saves more money than we gain out of this TA, our contract is concessionary. But can't changes in a contract benefit both parties? In my opinion, whether one side of an agreement benefits more than the other becomes much less of a concern IF...big IF...both sides are actually gaining an improvement. I don't think you would argue that an objective of negotiations is to make the other side feel pain. Ideally, in the mutually dependent relationship a labor union has with its company, agreements that improve the bottomline for both sides are the best outcome. In a notional TA, if each FedEx pilot makes financial and QOL gains, is the TA a failure unless the company loses?